March 05 – Downing and Escape of Chuck Yeager
by Darren Cole on March 5, 2011
On March 5, 1944, Chuck Yeager’s P-51 Mustang was shot down while on a mission to Bordeaux, France. He narrowly escaped capture with the help of the French Resistance. Read his harrowing account below:

Escape and Evasion Case File for Flight Officer Charles (Chuck) E. Yeager, 03/05/1944 - 05/15/1944 (ARC ID 305272)



Yeager March 13, 2011 at 9:40 pm
For more on this, please go to http://www.chuckyeager.com